Advisory Boards
National Advisory Board
The National Advisory Board consists of leaders from the sports, business, and medical communities who volunteer their time and talent to the Concussion Legacy Foundation to help us achieve our mission.
Brandi Chastain
Olympic and World Cup Champion; US Soccer Hall of Fame
Born and raised in San Jose, California, Brandi Chastain is a two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion and a two-time Olympic gold-medalist. Chastain’s iconic celebration of her game-winning goal i...
Tom Gardner
CEO and Co-Founder, The Motley Fool
Tom Gardner is the chief executive officer and co-chairman of The Motley Fool, a financial services company he co-founded in 1993 with his brother, David, and Erik Rydholm. What began as a traditio...
Kevin Haley
Chief Strategy Officer, Under Armour
Kevin is responsible for internally and externally driving the Under Armour’s innovation practices, and is in charge of the state-of-the-art Innovation Lab. Kevin is credited with building the Unde...
Mike Haynes
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Mike Haynes’ professional football career began when he was the fifth player selected in the 1976 draft. A first-round draft choice of the New England Patriots, Haynes was voted the NFL defensive r...
Paul Levesque
Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative, WWE
Paul “Triple H” Levesque is WWE’s Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative. In this role, he oversees the talent relations and talent development departments, training of WWE Su...
Phil de Picciotto
Founder and President, Octagon, Inc.
Philip de Picciotto has been at the forefront of the sports and entertainment industry for 35 years. He is a co-founder of Octagon, which has been recognized consistently for the quality of its wor...
Lynn Buoniconti
Philanthropist, Widow of Pro Football Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti
Lynn is an accomplished advocate who recently retired to devote more time to CTE and breast cancer causes. An entrepreneur at heart, Lynn most recently owned and operated French antique a...
Billy Corgan
President, NWA Wrestling; Lead Singer, The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan is an American musician, songwriter, producer, poet, and professional wrestling magnate. He is best known as the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and sole permanent member o...
Greg Feasel
President and COO, Colorado Rockies
Greg Feasel is in his 23rd year with the Colorado Rockies and 8th as chief operating officer. In this role, Greg manages all aspects of the organization’s business operations, including all revenue...
David Fitzhenry
CEO, Trinity Life Sciences
David Fitzhenry is a Managing Partner at Trinity Partners LLC and a trusted consultant on an extensive range of commercial strategy projects. He has over 15 years of experience specializing in glob...
Rose Gracie
Director, Gracie Concussion Challenge
Rose Gracie is a Brazilian and American sports industry entrepreneur and member of the legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gracie family. Gracie is the granddaughter of Grandmaster Helio Gracie and the d...
Robin Harris
Executive Director, The Ivy League
Since becoming the Ivy League Council of Presidents' second full-time Executive Director on July 1, 2009, Robin Harris has led the Ivy League to new heights in a number of areas. She oversaw ...
Mark Henry
Olympian; WWE Hall of Fame
Mark Henry is widely regarded as one of the strongest men to ever live. Henry became a national sensation as an Olympic weightlifter in the early 90’s, winning the United States National Junior Cha...
Isaiah Kacyvenski
Founder and Managing Partner, Will Ventures
Isaiah’s diverse background includes earning two degrees from Harvard, playing in the National Football League for 8 years between, and achieving success as an experienced entrepreneur and investor...
Brian McBride
General Manager, USMNT; US Soccer Hall of Fame
Brian was named general manager for the US Men's National Team in January, 2020. His professional soccer career spanned 17 years with three World Cups and a 2014 US Soccer Hall of Fame inducte...
Matt McKenzie
President and Principal, Thomas Brady & Associates
As the President and Principal of Thomas Brady & Associates, Matt sets the vision of the firm and leads the overall management and strategy of the national insurance practice. Since being appoi...
Andrea Pomerantz Lustig
Author, Philanthropist
Andrea Pomerantz Lustig is the author of How to Look Expensive and is known around the offices of Glamour as the “Beauty Sleuth,” thanks to the wildly popular beauty advice column and articles she’...
Carol Quimby-Bonan
Philanthropist and Player Advocate
Carol resides in Austin, TX and is an alumna of the University of Southern California. She has worked at numerous prominent companies including Rabbit Ears Production, Turner Broadcasting, and inte...
Lt. Jason Redman
Retired Navy SEAL
Jason is a retired US Navy SEAL who was instrumental in the launch of CLF Project Enlist, our campaign to accelerate research into the effects of brain trama ...
Tim Ring
Co-founder, co-chairman, TEAMFund. Director, BD
Tim Ring was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at CR Bard Inc. from 2003 until 2017, when CR Bard was acquired by Becton Dickinson. He is a Director of Becton, Dickinson and Company and Quest Di...
Allan Walsh
Co-Managing Director, Octagon-Hockey
Allan Walsh is the Co-Managing Director of Octagon-Hockey. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential and respected sports agents in the hockey industry. In addition to manag...
Veteran Advisory Board
The Veteran Advisory Board consists of military Veterans, medical experts, military brain donor family members, and public and private sector professionals who are committed to helping us solve the invisible wounds of war. The mission of the Veteran Advisory Board is to support Project Enlist by raising awareness, building strategic partnerships, and helping CLF acquire the resources needed for Project Enlist to thrive.
The Honorable Matthew S. Collier
President & CEO, VetAccel Inc. (VAI) | Former Senior Advisor to Secretary of the VA
Veteran Advisory Board Chairman | A former Airborne-Ranger Infantry Officer in the Army, Collier served as Senior Advisor to VA Secretary Bob McDonald, responsible for all major pa...
Charles Bailey
Account Manager, EMCOR Facilities Services | Major (Ret.), U.S. Army
A former Infantry and Military Intelligence officer in the U.S. Army, Charlie Bailey was medically retired in 2017 due to TBI-induced epilepsy almost 10 years after being wounded in a suicide vehic...
Alex Balbir, PhD
Director for Warrior Care Network® & Independent Services, Wounded Warrior Project | Reservist, U.S. Navy
Prior to joining Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), Balbir served as a health care consultant supporting the Department of Defense Military Health System and as the deputy director and chief...
Scott Blackburn
Partner, McKinsey | Former Armor and Signal Corps Officer, U.S. Army
In his role at McKinsey, Blackburn focuses on the public sector, healthcare, technology and large-scale transformation. He previously led transformation efforts at the Department of Veter...
John Campbell
General (Ret.), U.S. Army
A retired general in the U.S. Army with 37 years of active duty service, Campbell was most recently the Commander of NATO Forces for the ISAF/Resolute S...
Richard Carmona, MD, MPH
Distinguished Professor of Public Health | Former Surgeon General of the United States | (Ret.), U.S. Army
Carmona was the 17th Surgeon General of the United States and is the Distinguished Professor of Public Health at Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. He also holds faculty appointments ...
Nicole Condrey
Mayor, Middleton, Ohio | Former Civilian Engineer, U.S. Army
Condrey is a former civilian electrical engineer for the Army and a Foreign Service Officer for the State Department. She lost her husband, Navy Special Warfare Veteran Ron Condrey, to suicide in S...
Carol Eggert, PhD
Senior Vice President, Military & Veteran Affairs, Comcast | Brigadier General (Ret.), U.S. Army
Carol Eggert is Senior Vice President of Military and Veteran Affairs at Comcast NBCUniversal. In this role, she leads a team that works collaboratively across Comcast NBCUniversal to provide strat...
Joe Fluet
Chief Executive Officer, MAG Aerospace | Former Helicopter Pilot, U.S. Army
As CEO and founder of MAG Aerospace (MAG), Fluet provides corporate leadership and strategic vision for MAG, the industry’s most comprehensive “tip to tail” services provider for intelligence, surv...
Buck French
General Partner, X10 Capital | Former Captain, U.S. Army
A former Captain in the U.S. Army, French is an entrepreneur and executive who has exited several businesses successfully across different sectors within technology. French was CEO of OnLink, ...
Dave Halverson
CEO, Cypress International | Lieutenant General (Ret.), U.S. Army
Prior to his role as CEO of Cypress International, Halverson served in a variety of staff and leadership positions for the U.S. Army, including command at every level from Battery to Post Comm...
Mike Haynie, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, Syracuse University | Former Officer, U.S. Air Force
Dr. Haynie leads Syracuse University’s entrepreneurship and innovation programs, its government and community engagement strategy, and its defense- and veteran-connect...
Sidney Hinds II, MD
Colonel (Ret.) U.S. Army | VP, Brain Health Strategy & Research, Wounded Warrior Project
Prior to his current role at Wounded Warrior Project, Dr. Hinds was Brain Health Coordinator, Department of Defense Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office, U.S. Army Medical Research a...
Patricia Horoho
CEO, OptumServe | Lieutenant General (Ret.) U.S. Army
A retired Lieutenant General for the U.S. Army, Patty Horoho has experience at every level of leadership within Army Medicine. Horoho served as the 43rd U.S. Army Surgeon General and ...
Kendall Howell
Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell | Former Field Artillery Officer, U.S. Army
Howell served as a Field Artillery Officer in the Army before graduating from Harvard Law School. Howell served as a legal clinical intern for the Concussion Legacy Foundation i...
Spencer Kympton
Social Sector Leader | Former Aviation Officer, U.S. Army
Kympton previously served as President of The Mission Continues, leading a nationwide team focused on engaging military ...
Spider Marks
Consultant | Major General (Ret.), U.S. Army
A retired Major General for the U.S. Army with service as both an infantryman and an intelligence officer, Spider Marks has over 42 years of leadership experience. He is a military and na...
Ann McKee, MD
Chief of Neuropathology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Dr. McKee leads the world’s research on the relationship between brain trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. Her research also focuses on Alzheimer’s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Scle...
Bruce Parkman
CEO, MainNerve & Blue Light | Seargeant Major (Ret.), U.S. Army - Green Beret
Parkman is CEO of MainNerve, a provider of end-to-end Defense Grade™ cyber security services, and of Blue Light, the leading provider of analytic training, software development, service and support...
John Pinter
Deputy Director, Team Red White and Blue | Former Field Artillery Officer, U.S. Army
John “JJ” Pinter is a West Point graduate and former Field Artillery officer in the Army. After his military service, he held both leadership and analytical positions in the construction,...
Jason Redman
Author, Speaker | Lieutenant (Ret.) U.S. Navy – Navy SEAL
Redman is a retired Navy SEAL who was instrumental in the launch of CLF Project Enlist. In 2007, Lt. Redman was severely wounded by machine gun fire outside Fallujah, Iraq. While in the h...
Will Reynolds
Consultant | Former Captain, U.S. Army
A graduate of West Point, Reynolds is a former Army Captain who has held roles at Team Red, White and Blue and Deloitte. Reynolds is a keynote speaker and Veteran advocate who has held board positi...
Rebecca Van Horn, MD, MA
Psychiatrist | U.S. Army Reservist
Dr. Van Horn is a psychiatrist and a member of the U.S. Army Reserve. She is the former medical director for The Road Home Program: The National Center of Excellence for Veterans and Their Fam...
Rashi Venkataraman Romanoff
VP, Programs & Partnerships, Elizabeth Dole Foundation
Prior to her role at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, Romanoff worked at America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) as Exec...
Regional Advisory Boards
The Concussion Legacy Foundation's regional advisory boards are formal chapters whose goal is to deepen the Foundation's roots in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland and New York. Our community programs are focused on education, awareness and patient services, and our local advisory boards help bring those programs to as many people as possible with the greatest possible impact. Their dedication to the mission of solving the concussion crisis is essential to our local and national success.
BOSTON ADVISORY BOARD
Brian Dunphy | Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.
- Advisory Board co-chair
Doug Warren | Former MLS Player
- Advisory Board co-chair
Tony Abbiati | Managing Director, SCS Financial Services, LLC
Craig Adams | Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Peter W. Agnes III | Consultant, Egon Zehnder
Shane Bannon | Head of Canvas FRG at Point72 Asset Management
Joseph Bertagna | Former Commissioner, Hockey East
Joshua Bresler | Managing Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners
Keith Carroll | Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.
Bret Cohen | Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Daniel Daneshvar, MD, PhD | Clinical Associate, Massachusetts General Hospital
Tim Davison | Vice President, Fidelity Investments
George Foreman III | Entrepreneur
Ryan Heald | Vice President, Morgan Stanley
Matthew Henshon | Partner, Henshon Klein, LLP
Isaiah Kacyvenski | Co-Founder & Managing Partner Will Ventures
Mark Lenzi | US Diplomat
Ben Lovejoy | NBC Sports Group Analyst
Rick Lovett | President, H20 Wear
Tony Lyons | Managing Director, BioVentures Investors
Tyler Maland | Product Manager, Postlight
Allison Mazer | Senior Vice President, Luxury Properties Compass Real Estate
Shawn McEachern | Boys' Hockey Coach & Assistant Director of Athletics, The Rivers School
Matt McKenzie | President & Principal, Thomas Brady & Associates
Caleb Moore, VP, Portfolio Strategy & Business Options at CAMP4 Theraputics
Gina Morda | Luxury Realtor, Compass Real Estate
Peter Mulderry | Chief Operating Officer, Alua Capital Management
Yvette Mulderry | Member, Massachusetts Board for Youth Villiages
Terry Mullany | Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Tom Niedermeyer | Co-Founder, Principal, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager, Liberty Square Asset Management, L.P.
Nicole Nowinski | Founder and Creative Director, Label Theory
Walter Palmer | Independent Consultant, Player Affairs Consulting
Barbara Piette | Managing Principal, Knightsbridge Advisers
Dave Radlo | CEO - Outside Board Member - Trusted Advisor, RB Markets-Achievemost
Katlyn Shea | Founder & CEO, Dakini
Sean Silvia | Private Investor
John Werner | Managing Director, Link Ventures, Chief Network Officer, SVP of Corporate Development, Cogo Labs
Cesarina Templeton Wheeler | Senior Vice President, Overland Capital Group
CALIFORNIA ADVISORY BOARD
Justin Brennan | Senior Vice President and Private Wealth Advisor, Capital Group Private Client Services
- Advisory Board co-chair
Dean Jacobson | Managing Director, Accel-KKR
- Advisory Board co-chair
Owen Leary | Partner, Redmile Group
- Advisory Board co-chair
Jill Arrington | Former Sports Anchor for KCBS and FOX Sports, Daughter of former NFL player, CLF Legacy Family Community Member
Dr. Julius Bishop | Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
Kevin Brady | Director of Business Development, SCS Financial
Rebecca Carpenter | Visual Artist, Filmmaker, Educator, CLF Legacy Family Community Member
Brandi Chastain | Olympic & World Cup Champion, U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame
Randy Cross | College Football Analyst & Superbowl Champion, The Randy Cross Podcast
Tom Dever
Buck French | Former Captain, U.S. Army, General Partner, X10 Capital
Mike Haynes | Pro Football Hall of Fame, President, Mike Haynes & Associates
Barbara Jones | Co-Managing Shareholder, Los Angeles, Shareholder, Global Capital Markets, ESG Task Force, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Ben Koldyke | Actor & Entrepreneur
Barbara Piette | Managing Principal, Knightsbridge Advisers
David Reiss, MD | Psychiatrist
Brian Smith | Co-founder/CEO, RedCrow
AJ Tarpley | Private Wealth Manager, Merrill Lynch
Greg Tuerk |Sales Executive, ROTH Capital Partners
Valerie Tuerk | Senior Consultant, Healthcare, Mazars USA
Allan Walsh | Co-Managing Director, Octagon Hockey
CHICAGO ADVISORY BOARD
Kim Adamle | Educational Consultant, Family Educator & Coach, School Psychology Trainer
Mike Adamle | Former NFL running back & Former WWE Host
Jamie Baisley | Managing Director, Frontage Search Partners
Joel Braunstein, MD | Co-Founder, President, & CEO, C2N Diagnostics
Stephanie Braunstein | Philanthropist
James Castle, MD | Cognitive & Behavioral Neurologist, NorthShore University HealthSystem
William R. Daley | Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Deb DiMaggio | Principal and Managing Partner, Law Offices of Debra DiMaggio
Lisa Leonard DiMucci, ND | President, Naturally Healthy with Dr. Lisa
Ted Drury | Former NHL Player, Global Head of Trading, UBS O’Connor LLC
Tregg Duerson | Chief Operating Officer, Rebuild Foundation
Gary Fencik | Former NFL Player, Senior Partner, Investor Relations, Adams Street Partners
Chris Gaughan | General Partner, SineWave Ventures
Erica Goldman | Global Real Estate Advisor, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty
Jon Goldman | SVP of Mortgage Lending, Guaranteed Rate Affinity
Chris Gust | CEO & CIO, Wolverine Asset Management, LLC
Steven Jedlinski | IP Litigation Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Rob Johnson | President, RJ47, LLC
Jacques Joubert | Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Ben Koldyke | Actor & Entrepreneur
Helen Kwan | Lobbyist and Consultant, Helen Kwan and Associates
Dominic C. LoVerde | Partner, Power Rogers LLP
John J. Malm | Attorney, Law Offices of John J. Malm & Associates
Sara Malm | Business Consultant, Law Offices of John J. Malm & Associates
Brian McBride | General Manager, U.S. Men’s National Team at U.S. Soccer Federation
Dawn McKenna | Founding Principal, Dawn McKenna Group
Jack McKenna | President & CEO, Prescient
Steve McKenna | Attorney, Investor, & Entrepreneur
Len Messner, OD | VP and Chief Strategy Officer, Illinois College of Optometry
Liz Nicholson Sullivan | Owner, Liz Nicholson & Associates
Gordon Nuber, MD | Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Northwestern Medicine
Jack O'Callahan | Former NHL Player, Senior Managing Director, Ziegler Capital Management
Bob Reiter | President, Chicago Federation of Labor
Rob Ryan | Co-Founder, BrainBeat & Executive Chariman, Interactive Metronome
Brian Salvi | Partner, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard
Sam Sisodia, PhD | Professor, Center for Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Chicago
Mark Vanecko | Founding Partner, Law Office of Mark G. Vanecko
Doug Warren | Former MLS Player
In Memoriam - Michael Cronin
CLEVELAND ADVISORY BOARD
Peter Carfagna | Chairman & CEO, Magis, LLC
- Advisory Board Chair
Erick Anderson | Former NFL Player, President, For Those Who Stayed
Steve Buffo | Managing Director, Stout
Rita Carfagna | Vice Chairman, Captains Baseball and Captains Charities
Jim Convertino | Director, McGowan PAE
Bob Golic | Former NFL Player & Sports Commentator
Arthur Lavin, MD | Pediatrician, Advanced Pediatrics
Kelly Lytle | VP, Sales and Carrier Partnerships, Proformex
Jani Memorich | Associate Director, McGowan PAE
Zoltan Mesko | Account Executive, Snowflake & Former NFL Player
Dale Sheptak, DSSc | Associate Professor, Baldwin Wallace University
Jack Staph | President, Cleveland Marathon, Inc.
Josh Staph | VP, Strategy and Digital, Home Textile Division, Standard Textile
Virginia Stewart | Executive In Residence, University Hospitals Ventures
Ricky Volante | CEO & Co-Founder, The Professional Collegiate League
Jeffrey Wahl | President & Co-Founder, MIDAS Healthcare Solutions, Inc
Richard Zigmond, PhD | Professor, Case Western Reserve University
NEW YORK ADVISORY BOARD
Erich Anderer, MD | Chief of Neurosurgery, NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn
Jeanne Andlinger | Philanthropist
Shane Bannon | Head of Canvas FRG at Point72 Asset Management
Brock Bell | Senior Vice President, Capstone Investment Advisors
Brendan Bibro | Partner, Bengal Asset Management
Hank Bjorklund | Former NFL Running Back, NY Jets
Victoria Bjorklund | Retired Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLC
Blythe Bonan | Media Planner, Robb Report & ARTnews
Lynn Buoniconti | Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Angela Campigotto-Harrison | Director, Creative Fingerpaint Marketing Firm
Joseph Cellura | President, North American Casualty Allied World Insurance Company
Fred Craig III | Director, Investment Banking, Alternative Capital Solutions at UBS
Ciara Dockery, PhD | Director, NFL Life Line
Mark Drakos, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery
Chris Gaughan | General Partner, SineWave Ventures
Fletcher Gregory | Principal, General Atlantic
David Koeppel | Principal, Koeppel Rosen LLC
Lesley Koeppel | Independent Writing and Editing Professional
Andrea Pomerantz Lustig | Contributing Beauty Editor, GLAMOUR Magazine
Leonard Marshall | Former NFL Player, Managing Partner, Marshall/Procida Development Corp
Matt McKenzie | President & Principal, Thomas Brady & Associates
Mike Meany | Legacy Family Community Outreach Liaison
Jayma Meyer | Counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Thomas Morgan | Managing Partner, TMorgan Advisers, LLC
Patty Pae | Global Sales Manager, Egencia
Robert Parisien, MD | Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Surgeon, Mount Sinai
Carol Quimby-Bonan | Philanthropist and Player Advocate
John Raffaeli | Head of Mission & Director of Business Development, Central National Gottesman
Tara Rockefeller | Vice President, The Gramercy Park Block Association
Rob Ryan | Co-Founder, BrainBeat & Executive Chairman, Interactive Metronome
Gary Simpson | Chief Operating Officer, Windmill Capital LLC
Julian Swearengin | General Counsel, The Drone Racing League
In Memoriam - Nick Buoniconti
Legacy Family Community
The Legacy Family Community is made up of family members who became connected to CLF as a result of the loss of a loved one who had been impacted by brain injury through sports, military service or other means. It was created, in part, as a means to show our appreciation to our Legacy Donor families by keeping them informed on the progress of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) research that was made possible through their generous donation to the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank. Members of the Legacy Family Community remain active in the fight against CTE and Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) and are available to discuss their experience and answer questions regarding brain donation to those considering participation in this research. If you would like to contact a member of the community, please email Lisa McHale.
